Tag Archives: Romy Schneider

I think Bertrand Tavernier is an underrated director. Coup de torchon is a masterpiece, L. 627 and The Clockmaker of St. Paul are nearly as great. Death Watch is the kind of film I’d like to make one day. It’s shot in beautiful 2.35 … Continue reading →

Claude Sautet’s Max and the Junkmen is such a good, hard-boiled, existential crime film. Michel Piccoli and Romy Schneider are great as the eponymous detective Max and Lily, the prostitute whom he fools into aiding and abetting a crime. Sautet’s style … Continue reading →

Continuing on with my Joseph Losey kick: The Assassination of Trotsky has a pretty bad reputation. It’s certainly the worst Losey film I’ve seen. That’s due in large part to the ridiculous idea of Richard Burton as Leon Trotsky. Burton … Continue reading →